Jewdar

English Etymology en :af Jew -dar + 1 Noun - en slang The supposed ability of a person to detect or intuitively sense whether another person is Jewish. en 2001 Danya Ruttenberg Ophira Edut Bubbe Got Back: Tales of a Jewess with Caboose Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism https://books.google.com/books?id=lvu0FRYwC8oC&pg=PA30&dq=%22Jewdar%22 30 Seal Press 9781580050579 And slap on a gag order if we dare say that these traits triggered our "Jewdar" (my Semitic equivalent of gaydar) and allowed us to identify someone as a fellow Jew. en 2011 Lawrence Douglas The Vices https://books.google.com/books?id=eyJBadgU_VYC&pg=PT47&dq=%22Jewdar%22 Other Press 9781590514160 So she was Jewish. It wouldn't have occurred to me, but Melissa always faulted my Jewdar. en 2015 Joseph Epstein Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport https://books.google.com/books?id=0j4kBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82&dq=%22Jewdar%22 82 Rowman & Littlefield 9781442236547 The name Grossman, the physician father, the mention of Florida—my Jewdar went whirring away, strongly suggesting that he could be a member of the tribe. Related terms en gaydar en Judaism